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Circle thinking : African women theologians in dialogue with the West / by Carrie Pemberton.

A study of the origins of the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, a group of African women theologians established in the 1980s. It traces a struggle against alienating practices from Western missionary tradition and African cultural transpositions in contemporary church and society.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Pemberton, Carrie
Other title:African women theologians in dialogue with the West.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
Series:Studies on religion in Africa ; 25.
Subjects:
Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians.
Women theologians > Africa, Sub-Saharan > History > 20th century.
Theology, Doctrinal > Africa, Sub-Saharan > History.
Women in Christianity > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Church work with women > Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Church history.
Church work with women.
Theology, Doctrinal.
Women in Christianity.
Women theologians.
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Church history.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 2 THE ECUMENICAL AND CONTEMPORARY LOCATION OF THE CIRCLE OF CONCERNED AFRICAN WOMEN THEOLOGIANS
  • Introduction
  • EATWOT: The Rise of the Third World Theologian in Conference
  • The Emergence of Black and African Theologies
  • Cutting the Ties
  • Womanism and African Theology
  • The Role of Catholic Women
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 3 REMAKING AFRICAN THEOLOGY: MERCY AMBA ODUYOYE'S THEOLOGY OF RESISTANCE AND RE-IMAGINATION
  • Introduction
  • The Literature
  • The Sources of Alienation
  • African Traditional Religion: The African Old Testament?
  • African Theology and Gender Concerns
  • Abusua and Inter-Faith Relations
  • Christ the Compassionate One
  • Mothering Africa
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4 SISTERS AND MOTHERS: CATHOLIC SISTERS IN THE CIRCLE
  • Introduction
  • Religious Sisters and Theoretical Perspectives on Women and Motherhood
  • Sister Bernadette Mbuy-Beya and the Cry of Life
  • Sister Teresa Okure
  • Sister Rosemary Edet
  • Sister Anne Nasimiyu-Wasike
  • Sisters and Priests
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: CIRCLE WOMEN RESPOND
  • Introduction
  • Breaking Alliances
  • Domestic Violence: The Silence is Broken
  • Freedom and Violence
  • Speaking from Outside
  • The Regulation of Sex
  • Polygyny, Marriage and Male Control
  • The Quest for Immortality
  • Circumcision: Reproducing Women
  • Breasts and Perspiration
  • Concluding Reflections
  • Chapter 6 MULTIPLE IDENTITIES IN-DEPENDENCY: THE CHALLENGE AND CONTEXT OF THE CIRCLE OF CONCERNED AFRICAN WOMEN THEOLOGIANS
  • Introduction
  • Truth from Below
  • The 'Voiced' Elite and the Mute Majority
  • Pluralism, Christ and Culture
  • The Imperative of Christ
  • The Dignity of Women
  • Denominational Differences in the Multiple Identities of the Circle Project
  • Maternal Thinking
  • The Church Universal and Local
  • Generalisable Interests: The Well-being of the African Woman and the Well-being of the World
  • Bibliographies
  • Index
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